Conceptual Physics (12th Edition)

by
Hewitt, Paul G.

Published by
Addison-Wesley

ISBN 10:
0321909100

ISBN 13:
978-0-32190-910-7

Chapter 9 - Think and Explain: 65

Answer

If your car drives off a cliff, you are similar to the person in the free-falling elevator in Figure 9.9, and feel momentarily weightless.
Gravity does still act on you, according to Newton's universal law of gravitation, and is the cause of your downward acceleration.